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Why Teens Are Such Impulsive Risk-Takers
November 7, 2007 — Teenagers and adults often don't see eye to eye, and new brain research is now shedding light on some of the reasons why. Although adolescence is often characterized by increased independence and a ... > full story -
Cocaine Abuse Blunts Sensitivity To Monetary Reward
November 7, 2007 — New measurements of brain activity confirm that cocaine-addicted individuals have compromised sensitivity to monetary rewards. This altered sensitivity may help explain why some drug-addicted ... > full story -
Enzyme Regulates Brain Pathology Induced By Cocaine, Stress
November 7, 2007 — Researchers have uncovered a key genetic switch that chronic cocaine or stress influences to cause the brain to descend into a pathological state. In studies with mice they showed how chronic cocaine ... > full story -
Recreational Cocaine Use May Impair Inhibitory Control
November 6, 2007 — Researchers employed the 'stop-signal paradigm' to measure the length of time taken by subjects to initiate and suppress a prepared reaction. The results show that while both recreational users of ... > full story -
Antibiotic That Appears To Control Phobias May Also Be Useful In Treating Addiction
November 6, 2007 — Scientists now provide further evidence that a drug known as D-cycloserine could play a role in helping to extinguish the craving behaviors associated with drug addiction. Their study found that mice ... > full story -
Sleep, And How Cocaine Changes The Brain To Make Treatment So Difficult
November 6, 2007 — New research clarifies the role of drugs of abuse on sleep, why cocaine is so powerful, and the brain changes that occur due to abuse that make addiction so difficult to treat. Studies have found ... > full story -
Genes Play Important Role In Risk For Dependence On Illicit And Licit Drugs
November 5, 2007 — The genes that play a role in illegal drug abuse are not entirely the same as those involved in dependence on legal substances like alcohol and nicotine, and caffeine addiction appears to be ... > full story -
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Substance Abuse Prevalence Among Teens Is High
November 5, 2007 — Approximately 15 percent of teens receiving routine outpatient medical care in a New England primary care network had positive results on a substance abuse screening test, according to a new article. ... > full story -
Teens Who Smoke Marijuana But Not Tobacco Are Different From Other Teen Groups
November 5, 2007 — A Swiss study suggests that teens who use only cannabis appear to function better than those who also use tobacco, and are more socially driven and have no more psychosocial problems than those who ... > full story -
Behavior Therapy Plus Medication May Help Teens With Depression And Substance Use Disorders
November 5, 2007 — The antidepressant fluoxetine combined with cognitive behavioral therapy appears as effective for treating depression among teens who also have substance use disorders as among those without ... > full story
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